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Show T1IK UNIAY MANDAlIl): OGDKN. I'TAII, N1)Y . !A1 I ! REVIEW OF THE i U! I I I I I I urn 27, 1907. I SEASONS NEW PLAYS H I AIIY Productions of the Opening Months Paula Lacking In Distinct Novelty Edwardes In "Princess Beggar" Clara & Bloodgoods Fitch Drama reconciliation consequently Lakes place. It will be seen that Mr. KUrh had an ur isually slight amount of dramatic substance from which To spin out aa entire drama. The Straight Road." Blanche Walsh la at the Astor theater In her Iter Clyde Fitch play. It Thea la Straight Bond" Is Ha title, and timesordid drama of the slums. Some worn stage tricks are resorted to In Ivetiena. Mr. endeavor lo obtain effect Fitch exposes the raw- surface of the lialf world, Ihe world on which Maxim Gorky so l.ves to dilate. The title could well be changed to Misery Enthroned." ' In the cast are Louise dosser. DorHoward othy Dorr. Charles lulton. the latKstabrook anil Helen Lowell, ter being well remembered for bee Inimitable work in 'Mra. Wig IP of tha Cabbage Taich." Paula Edwardes' New Vehicle. The new musiial comedy tnew t IlNew York) that Mis Edwardm la luminating Is Princess Beggar. In which she has been on tlie road for a Kite Is at tbs considerable perils!. Casino, where site always plays during her New York stay, and where, it will her first hit. be remembered, she made In "The Belle of Near- York. with the late Dan Ihtly and Kdna Moy. Then unknown, both Mtsa Edwardes and Miss May were given. their start In and today that successful comic ns-ra- , Isdh have won internnlbmal fame. g l'rlm-eeBeggar" la not a rlprosr-insuccess. It la not reininlscenl of the gsyety of former Casino days. Neither la It a flat failure. It 1" typically a play destined to be "damned by faint praise." nne or I wo novelties In the way of singe business" enliven parts of It. and for a brief lerlod Miss Edwardes rescue her audience from Itself. The story of the play Is ancient, but tlie music and sellings are attractive, and an also is the work uf members of tit supiMirtlng company. In the cost nre Bertram Wgllls, Stan- ley L. Ford and Cecilia Rlmda. s BLANCHE rub It In too deeply, for he who rubs sometimes litmaelf served accordingly, "The Truth" is Mias starring vehicle, and our fellow country man, Clyde hlii'ti, luis anhdmed himself Its fond parent. There are very few of ua that could claim a faMol hem and Julia Marlowe will be the therly Interest In the truth and eecai chief features. Kllen Tory will tour unscathed. The Truih" shows a few of the America again, and possibly one or two all star revivals of cUumIc dramas evils, but none of the blessings of that of (he past will be given. So the outhorrid subterfuge, the lie. Ho I lie pluy look la encouraging. is the work of an Iconoclast, of ons that cannot sec the lieneflts corning to Recent Openings. humanity through the discriminate lie. Paula Rdwardea, Clara Illondgnod, No, George Washington and the cherry Blanche Walsh and Kittle Junta are tree are not In the rust. In spite of Its title, The Truth some of Ihe well known drainitlic atura that have of late written their luinica denis with people of the every day, human being lye. on the metropolitan stage register. Tha critics of the west and middle Bui the more ImpigtnuL thing to ascertain Is, "Have they come to stayT west and of Chicago and Cleveland In Mias Bloodguud and Ah, there's tha rubr and let us mit particular,-treateIn PAULA EDWARDES. at tbe Princess theater, by Margaret Anglin and Henry Hiller; "The New York Idea," Mia. Flskea ex cellent comedy; "The Prince of India;" "His House In Order," with John what haa It shown? what did those opening Drew;" "Tha Hose of the Rancho," In months forecast for tha closing which Belaaco Introduced Frances Starr to stardom, and "The Three of months? Probably the lack of any material In Pa," with Carlotta Xlllson, probably dlcatlons of distinct novelty was the took first rank. narrative traced by the opening halt Musieal Comedy Hits. or four months. In addition, I think, The Tourists;" The Red Mill." no one will assert that the general average of the new playa rose to tha The Little Cherub," with Hattie Willielghta of other yeara that could be liams; Bam Bernard's new contraption. "Tha Rich Mr. Huggenhclmer." mentioned. In the legitimate Held the American and "A Parisian Millet," Anna Held's loura of Forbes Kobertaon and 11. B. musical allurement, were the greatest Irving; the presentation of The Great successes in musical comedy. (From Our New York Dramatic Correspondent. flrat half of tha dramatic of 1801-0has passed, TUB Divide," In the legitimate field nothing of tlie originality of "Peter Pun" or of some of the Bhaw plays has beei. put on. Nothing showing power like that of "The Music Master" nor thorough American virility like that of "The Lion and the Mouse" 1ms been seen as yet. Neither hag the genuine romantic flavor of "The Girl of the Golden West" and "The Squaw Man been surpassed this season. 7- What of the Future? Aa for the remaining half of the dramatic campaign there Is no doubt that Richard Mansfield and E. II. WALSH. Ihe play most respectfully, accorded the star lavish praise and placed the play fur oil toward the tup of the Fitch liat. Koine of the New York reviewers dl not agree In total w lth llirir more westerly craftsmen, but aa several i metropolitan critica are sensible and human only once or twice during each season It could hardly be rxrted that those In question lied their lucid Interval at Ihe lime Tlie Truth" was put Or iierhapi Ihe play's before them. title was considered as a subtle Insinuation that tha critics could study It to sdvuntttge. The Truth" Is a success, and Miss Bloodgood, as Mrs. Warder, is reasonthe demands of Die ably adequate leading role. Mrs. Warder's husband dcierls her tendency to avoid absolute truth, and they seiutrste, but In tlie end Mrs. Warder is found to have Inherited her falling from her lairents. and a Claia Jania. Jafils Is at (he New York theater In The Vanderbilt Cup, In which, a year ago. she made the big hit of Iter short career. Kbe has added some captivating new Iniiteraonatlons lo Iter list, and her performance, consequently. Is even r more diverting tlutn was heard to lieforr. A n remark a few nights ago, The Janie girl la Ihe whole allow." FREDERICK. TliL'iinLLES,. Kiel Skeeing, Grea.t Northern Europe Sport, Now Widely Popular In America; The Spice of Danger Abounds In It Jump ,1341 Feet ngest Terrible Heed." Just now a claimant glory. fur professional rlmijiphmshlp r rank as the Bui Blnnlrud so American "pro" Otsinplon long as Johnny Nlllsun nf Minneapolis Is In Hlnnlrud never has been lit game. and never will be In Nlllson'a class. Blnnlrud apparently siiends must uf his time In preferring reckless charges the present against Morris Wood, amateur champion. ' A year ago the Kwedr charged Wood with being a pro," but I lie New Jersey boy was found guiltless by tha National AmeriNow the can Hkatlng association. Hwede .has been taking up new charges, and the eastern Ice sharps heartily wish that Blnnlrud wbuld con-fihis public exhibitions to skating Ions. His oratory is not quit as polished and convincing as It might be. middle aged and toothless, senile never yet alike down a pastime, business or gamble that luid the eplce of uncertainty, danger and competition. That la the reason a form of sport lung known In northern and northwestern Europe has come Into wide favor over heir and haa won the plaudits of no less n personage than President Roosevelt himself. I refer to the great sport of skee running - and lumping. Imported' here from Norway and Bweden, which la making wonderful and lasting progress In the states of the middle wrest, east and west. Bkeelng Is a highly dangerous sport unless conditions are Just light and the man attempting It la somewhat experienced that Is, It la dangerous as a Jumping pastime. There Is no risk to apeak of In simply traveling cross country nr making descents uf small or gradually slanting America, YOUNG 'will-nove- ns Pink Eyed Jealeuey. The Hwede Is very Jealous of Wood. Jost IteciiUH he was disbarred from the amateur ranks he thinks Wood ought also to tie so treated. Blnnlrud Is only a second rate skater, and America Is not overly proud that he should make his habitat In thin longto tude. It Is barely possible that Blnnlrud could skate better If he did not let so much of hi strength and wind escape through his mouth, CHARLES E. EDWARDF.R. hills. Skssa Described. Of course sknrs are familiar to most Americans. They are alabe of .seasoned springy wood fastened to the feet somewhat after the fashion of snow-shoe- s. Actually, they are narrow wooden runners, and on them n person ran develop great speed In descending hills and In going over snow crust on u level. In Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota large numbers of native as wall as foreign skee users are now actively engaged In the sport. Several dubs, or Informal associations, have been formed, and they have built slides, : uch like toboggan slides, down which the men come at express train speed Hnd, striking a wooden take off. Jump high In the alr covering really Immense distances ere they, strike the snow surface again. The competitive side of the sport Is in making long Jumps. .The skee fly through the air so swiftly as from a distance to resemble huge ungainly hawks Perhaps skees have solved one ' of tha mysteries of aerial navigation. Put w ings and a gas bag on a skee expert, and, with a good swift plunge from a take off. h might go out into space for almost any distance. HANDY TO MEET OSTHOFF. swimming race Just arranged In Ihe west Is creating unusual Interest In . urs ' American Center of the Sport. Ishpemlng, Mk-h.- . and Minneapolis. Minn., are two of the leading American rble where skeelng Is centered. A splendid new slide has been built at Ishpemlng. In 1881. at Minneapolis, was formed the first 'regular skee dub, snd nine years later the sport had progressed so rapidly that a national association was formed.-Thibody promulgates annual championship meets. While it Is believed the Norwegians originally Introduced the pastime Into America, the Bwedes are as strongly attached to It In the old country as are the Norwegian and have heea using kes almost as long as their neigh- A d, Norwegian Bkse Masts. Norway skee meets are almost as momentous occasion as are our own college football games. Nobody, works, not even father, on tourney days over there, in February of each year championship carnivals am held at Holmen-kolle- n and In a town near Christiania sweetly yclept Frognersacteren. ttmatee to which no whits peofe be admitted will be built In within the next few months. It la not the plan to confine the attraction to negro performers, however. ""hen Mrs. Leslie Carter appears as s star undsr the management uf tits formation of two road companies '"sries Dillingham In her new play, lo day .The Man of the Hoar."- the " ".lo," it Is practical;- settled that her new drama by Jenrge H. Umadburst, 111 Chat-tHnuo- esis-clall- -. - We Don't Need This Skatsr. There prominent skater that the. American sporting world could do without. He I Ieter Blnnlrud. the Is-o- CRESCENT A. C. HOCKEY TEAM OF BROOKLYN, AMATEUR has been started. The Yeomen of the Guard," the firs: of h famous musical plays to be presented, was enthusiasa large and fashtically received 1V ionable crowd. Ho great an Interest was aroused in the undertaking that t for almost five the house was sold weeks ahead. Yvette Guiib-- H during her recetil bage FaU-!i.At tlie Savoy theater, Isindon. a re- tour with Alliert Chevalier lost, it Is vival uf the Gilbert and Sullivan operas said, eighteen p'Uiids using lo ths now running at the Savoy theater. New York. The near companies will leading men will be Charles Stevenson. open In Boston and Chicago. NegotiaFor many years he occupied the same tions with Char;e Dillingham are now position in her company when Mrs. on whereby Arnold Daly may head the Carter wss under the management of one opening In Chicago, , . Mr. David Belaaco. There Is some talk of a London proWilliam A. Brady has arranged for duction for "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cab- THEATRICAL A friends can release hint. Another danger lies In the possible snapping of one of the runners.nr Then, other again, one may meet a stone obstacle and break a leg or' ad arm or crack the skull In the fall that invar! ably follows. Hkra racing I" not developed lo a very advanced stage In1 the United States ns yet. chief attention being directed to the Jumping and ioore quiet country phases of the game. Far r Urns can be made on skeea than un ennwshnes." and, lieslde. skeea are far Iletter adapted to traveling over when the pole Icy surfaces, one carries Is tipped with a metal spike, to be used for shoving. Bkeelng develops practically every the body, lungs, heart anti part brain, as well as the muscles. Besides, it takes one out Into the Mg outdoors, whore fresh winter will renew the oxygen In the blood. Yet many hundreds of people prefer, to stay Indoors, 1:smoky public rooms, playing pool slid billiards and telling yarns about big bundles of money they never won w.: at the horse races. Tn World's Record Jump, Four years ago In Norway the world's record Jump, one of 1I4H feet, was made. The Fkees are made of pine or ash and are from five to ten and one-ha- lf feet long. The runners are turned up at both ends and are strapped to the feet by means of leather thongs. Skee are from three to five Inches broad and from a quarter of an Inch to an Inch In thickness. - The skee man carries a atout pole adapted to governing his course while speeding down Itlll, to fending off obstructions and to aid him in balancing when jumping. bors. The art of halanclng Is one of the Northern Europe has In fact used first things a skee Jumper must get skees In fcpth business and sport fur down fine." When flung out In midair several renturles. In the daye uf Mag It Is very difficult to maintain correct. THINGS effective pdse. And If a Jumiier loses Ills balance and goes head first down through Ilia crust uf tha snow he may break Ills neck nr back or shoulders, or If the snow l deep he tusy narrowly escape smothering lo death before hla nus the Good the Duke of Flnmark. with his archers on skees, attacked and winutterly muted King Regner In his ter military headquarters In BJorme-lanthus causing a great sensation among the northern peoples, who could not Imagine how snow skipping bowmen could defeat trained soldiers. Bo the skee has still another use. CHAMPIONS OF THE EAST. great strain on her nerves caused by being obliged to sle-- p almost every night on a train. Charles Frohmnn Is shortly to produce In London a new pin v by Cosmo BrilHamilton entitled, "Chrost-phe- r's ' liant Idea. Rohhy HHiry, now appearing In Little Johnny Joins," was one of the original "two had buys In Foxy Orandi." John J. Donnell, who has la tn Ber tha Galland's manager for the last aquatic circles throughout the country. 1L J. Handy of the Chicago A. A., the present half mile and. mile champion, lias agreed to swim K. Osthoff. former 100 yard champion of the Central A. A., at thn latter distance, the race to he held In connection with the New Turk meet at the Chicago A. A. Osthoff has a record of 1:02 for the century, snd Handy has negotiated It In a fraction under 1:01 on the way to the furimtg. ao that on past performance It should lc a splendid contest. Friends of both men believe they are nos- - at least a second nr two better and that the winner will have to swim very close tn ths minute. . LONG BASKET BALL TRIP. What is said to be the longest : trip ever attempted by a basket ball team five Is that undertaken by the Cresi-en- t of Evanston, III. Tlie ten players the squad have stalled on a Journey which will cover 12.000 miles If the schedule Is adhered tn. The team will be en route for more than four months and will travel as far east as Rochester, while games are scheduled at Lo Angeles, cfel.. and there Is also a possibility that the trip Ismay be extended tn the Hawaiian lands. If satisfactory arrangements can be made. com-INfsl- ng SCHRECK AND HART MATCHED. Mike Schreck and Marvin Hart have accepted an offer of 82.000' for a ten round fight before the KalamaSi'O (Mich.) Athletic - club. Clean break BlUe kaS tlMM five Her talented sister. Mabel, who originated the role, has recently been. rlay-In- g In Australia with Willie Coll-erFuller- - Mellish is a member of Viol Allen's company. Mr. Mellish Is seen in the role of Plsanlo with Miss Allen years. Is Viola Allen'S acting manager this season. Alexander Calvert has Joined Viola Allens company, replacing Jefferson Winter In the role of Fosthumus iu "Cyinbrllne." Edith Taliaferro, fnimerly an excellent child" actress. 1s now sufficiently grown to enact the pHtt of Lovey Mail-IMrs. Wiggs uf the Cabbage fa tell." In her massive production of Cymbr-lln- e. ' Robert L. Dailey, enmedtan uf "The Cup." is s brother uf Ifur Vanderbilt F. Dailey. |